Fruit trees a plenty / ciders this year

The pear tree has been totally pruned back but now is starting to bloom. I doubt we will see many pears or much cider this year. There's plums, apples, peaches and apricots too. Hopefully our Petaluma hop garden will give us some better apples for this year's cider.

Re-engineering Tecova Brewing

Due to some uncharacteristically inadequate brews since the move, we've decided to work really hard to get our recipes accurate.

The first two brews to be refined are both IPAs, "Dominus Ominus" and "Hops Gone Wild" (the former Four Track IPA, a variation of One Track Ale).

I've personally refined the recipes and put them in digital form so that I can modify them as needed and keep them consistent.

I've ordered the ingredients for the first Dominus Ominus brew in about a year and a half. Rumor is that it will be brewed in Petaluma using Petaluma tap water, hopefully in one of our hop gardens for good karma.

The latest Hops Gone Wild is more complex and will be brewed later this year. Upon researching the last brew, I found many inconsistencies from the previous versions, perhaps contributing to the wild taste. We do have the rum barrel aged firkin from this batch, still available at the taproom.

Later this year we may work on completely new recipes for Haystack Landing Hefeweizen, RobotsOnFire Red Ale, and Professor Booty's Stormwater Stout.